Attachment for horse-blankets.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. BR.

RS}?! BLANKBTS.

MAY 13, 1904.

E. B. MILL ATTACHMENT FOR H0 APPLIOATION r Patented February 28, 190%.

ATENT OFFICE.

nrraeiawien'r res nossE-BLANKETs.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,700, dated.February 28, 1905..

Application filed May 13, 1904. Serial No. 207,875.

To CLIJ/ 'LU/I/OTH/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Hampton, in the county of Chickasaw and State of Iowa,have invented a new and useful Attachment for l-lorse-Blankets, of whichthe following is a specification.

My object is to provide a simple device for detachably fastening ablanket on a horse to the traces when the horse is hitched to a vehiclein such a manner that the blanket will be retained securely in properposition over the back and body of the horse.

My invention consists in the construction and application of anattachment to a blanket, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in myclaims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a central sectional view of a spherical weight that is adapted to beused in lieu of a buckle on a strap for fastening the blanket toa'harness-trace, and Fig. 2. is a corresponding view taken on the linea: :1: of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows a blanket on a horse fastened to theharness as required in practical use. Fig.4 is an enlarged detail viewshowing a strap connected with a harness-trace and securely fastenedthereto by means of the spherical weight on the lower free end of thestrap. Fig. 5 shows a modified way of retaining the weight on the strap.

The numeral 10 designates a cover or blanket on a horse, and 12aflexiblestrap, preferably leather, fixed on the outside of the rear portion ofthe blanket by riveting or stitching. The end portions of the strap arepassed through openings in the blanket, so that they will depend on theinside of the blanket.

A weight, preferably a round metal ball 13, is slidably connected withthe free end portions of the straps 12, (only one of them is shown,) asindicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4. The weights have transverseopen-ended slots for the passage of the straps, and the slots areenlarged to produce chambers for leaf-springs 14 and shoulders 15 at theends of the chambers to engage the ends of the springs, as required toprevent the springs from getting out of the chambers. The springs can bereadily pressed through the open ends of the slots into the chambers andthe straps then passed through the slots to be engaged by the springs,as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. i, to be clamped fast and slidablyconnected with the straps. To prevent the weights from slipping off thestraps, a piece of leather or button 16 is riveted on the end of thestrap, as shown in Fig. 4:, or a wire 17 may be coiled and fastened onthe strap, as shown in Fig. 5.

To detachably fasten the blanket on a horse by means of my invention, itis only necessary to lift'the corners of the blanket and double the freeend portions of the strap '12 around The 13 will then by force ofgravity retain the straps fastened to the traces, and to free the strapsit is only necessary to lift the weights and pass them inward over thetraces.

I-l aving thus set forth the purpose of my invention and itsconstruction, application, and operation, the practical utility thereofwill be readily understood by persons familiar with the use ofhorse-blankets; and

Vihat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v 1. Inan attachment for horse-blankets, a weight having a transverseopen-ended slot, shoulders in the slot and a leaf-spring in the slot inengagement with said shoulders, in combination with a strap fixed to therear end portion of a horse-blanket, said strap being passed throughsaid slot in the weight and engaged the harness-traces, as shown in Fig.3. weights by said spring as shown and described, for the purposesstated.

2. An attachment for a horse-blanket consisting of a flexible strapfixed across the rear end portion of the blanket and the free endportions of the strap extended through the blanket and downward andweights connected with the free end portions of the strap to operate inthe manner set forth for the purposes stated.

EDW'ARD E. MILLER. \Vitnesses:

T. B. UoNDoN, W. L. TURNER.

